Mint.com, no current plans for Windows Phone app

Mint.com is a financial service from Intuit that pulls your financial information under one roof to make managing things a little easier. There are mobile apps for the service available for Android and iOS devices and it appears a Windows Phone version isn't in Mint.com's near future.

"Thanks for sharing your interest in a Mint app for Windows. Unfortunately, we do not have plans at this time to develop an app for Windows. After exploring this opportunity, we found that there wasn't enough demand, but we're continuing to keep an eye on it, and if that changes (and resources open up), we’ll revisit this decision."

The standardized response wasn't well received and the original suggestion to make a Mint.com Windows Phone app has received over 130 likes. Not sure what it'll take to prove to Mint.com that there is enough demand port their app to Windows Phone but is Intuit missing the boat? How many Mint.com users are in the house that would like to see a Mint.com app?

Reader comments

Mint.com, no current plans for Windows Phone app

Intuit has become quite the Windows phone naysayer. I have an Intuit Merchant Account and a couple of years ago installed the WP7 GoPayment app and received the MSR for my phone from Intuit. It never worked, Intuit kept saying they were working on it. The app also remained at version 1.0. Recently I have read on several forums that WP owners received a notification that Intuit would no longer support Windows Phones and suggested that WP owners purchase a different phone. I did not receive a notification and my app works, sort of without an MSR which limits usefulness with many clients. It seems that Intuit is snubbing Microsoft and now not supporting Mint.com is just another slap in the face. I think it's time for some help from Microsoft and their perpetual quiet. My opinion, yes but shared with many. More owners need to speak up!

I wrote to customer service, as suggested here: https://satisfaction.mint.com/mint/topics/mint_app_for_windows_phone_yes_no
First response seemed automated:
"Thanks for contacting Mint.com, and for your interest in a Mint app for Windows. Unfortunately, we do not have plans at this time to develop an app for Windows. After exploring this opportunity, we found that there wasn't enough demand, but we're continuing to keep an eye on it, and if that changes (and resources open up), we’ll revisit this decision."
So I replied back:
"I don't quite agree with this “auto response”. There are millions of PCs sold already with Windows 8, and among phones, Windows Phone 8 is the fastest-growing platform. I am unclear what you mean by lack of demand. Please let me know how you determine lack of demand."
And I got this:
"We really appreciate your eagerness or willingness to use Mint in Windows Phone or Windows 8.

We must admit that Mint app for Windows Phone or Windows 8 is one of the most requested feature that we're getting however,
we're really sad to say that it's not in our developer's radar as of this moment.

We hope that you still find Mint useful in managing your finances."
So - there is a lack of demand, but it is one of the most requested. How dooes this make sense at all?

I don't know which would be worse. If they bring the app to the platform, will they support it? My sense is they won't. Plenty of bugs, no updates then give us the "after further review, limitations in the OS" or some other BS excuse will have them pull the plug on it. I say pour support in developers WILLING to support the platform.

Personally I don't think Mint has the talent to develop for WP otherwise they would. I can dig it. I'm sure they put some plans on and everything they did looked like pure crap so rather than risk embarrassment, they hide behind "lack of interest" when its more a lack of imagination and comfort level paralysis. Weak and Lame. When they release for Blackberry 10, what will the excuse be then?

Any company not interested in pursuing a WP app tells me they don't like intelligent consumers with a good income, who are more likely to spend money on and in apps. I no longer give them money via my PC and make darn sure my stock investments steer clear as well.

I was hoping Mint was waiting for WP8 to release their app. I've been waiting for it for years. I've posted on the Mint forums about this just like many other Mint users. I't sad to hear they have not plans.

I mentioned it before. The big thing is that intuit's refusal to build for windows phone goes further than mint. No intuit means no square. It means no apps for a lot of financial institutions, who use intuit for their web banking portals, like mine.

In addition to dropping development for windows phone, Intuit has actively encouraged users to switch to IOS or Android. I used to be a big fan of Intuit but since they have taken this stance, I have completely dropped their services including GoPayment & their cc processing.

Its really quite sad. I loved mint, but after giving us the finger like this, I wouldn't use the app even if they released it now. Sucks that pageonce developers are too lazy to update their app too. This is a real opportunity for some lucky developer to cash in on a similar app. I would even pay for one at this point. Any possibility on Microsoft expanding wallet? ;)

I think if we take our voice directly to mint/intuit through the links above and on Facebook/Twitter, we might see a better result. At least we'd be complaining to the source of the problem, unlike Instagram criers that make every thread a tissue for their tears. No one here can help you. Take your fight to Instagram. MS can't help you. WPC can't help you. Only your beloved Instagram can. THEY are failing you, not Microsoft.
Anyway, back to the topic of this thread. Yes, please up the activity on Mint's site and be sure to mention it to them through all of their social media accounts.

It's comical in a way that news on this forum highlight companies bypassing Windows Phone. Other news highlight minor or barely noticeable tweaks on third party app updates. I'm no Troll--I'm a proud Lumia 920 owner. I guess it's the way I'm coping since abandoning Android.

I much prefered MS Money over Quicken and was really disappointed that MS dropped it. Unfortunately, I haven't found a program that works as well; Intuit has an effective monopoly on financial software.

I used this app soo much on iPhone its the very first one I looked for when I switched to WP. I'm one of those 130 likes on the Mint suggestion page, I'm so dissapointed to hear this. If there was any comparable id switch in a heartbeat. Tried pageonce and its nowhere near as useful as mint :(

I like how companies such as Netflix have handled this: as soon as a platform is released, they release an app for it. Is it always "perfect" or "as good as the other versions"? Nope...but it's out there.
We pay for these services, and these companies need to submit EVERY viable platform they can.

Somebody needs to do a chart comparing the number of Netflix subscribers to the customer bases of these companies who refuse to develop for WP. If they have more customers than Netflix then what is their excuse then?

I prefer using Yodlee.com
Mint and Pageonce use the Yodlee service. They support most of the financial services, even the GE finance cards (like SAMS club card) that is not supported by Mint. Yodlee.com UI is not good, but has all the features.

On the contrary, having easy access to your finances on the go gives you better control over it. To each their own. A lot of people find have access to it on their phones an efficient way to stay on top of their finances.

I tend to agree with this, especially in my case. I use Excel, on my desktop; if I ever feel like I need to carry around that info on my device, then I guess I'll just upload the spreadsheet to Skydrive. But given that I can't password protect anything in Skydrive, I have no such plans for uploading :)

Its handy to edit the transactions, tag them on mobile, when i was using iPhone my mint used to be update, since i started using my Windows phone, they are never up to date, may be i am too lazy to do this on laptop. Are there any alternatives to Mint, may be we need consider switching, i know its not easy because we have invested so much time,into mint already.

been probing them for more than a year, but they just won't budge on it. the evidence shows that there is demand...and why wouldn't there be with win 8 and wp8 adoption growing every day. Though i would just settle for a decent mobile web app at this point, which is probably their biggest fail right now. I know they are proud of their shiny iPad app, but web should always be the priority!

^This.
99% of these services are web based. There is no excuse not to have responsive websites that conform to phone/tablet screen sizes first, and then native mobile phone apps second. Mobile app devs have a hell of a racket going convincing companies they ONLY need iOS/Android apps for a strong mobile presence...

Without intergration with Quicken, Mint has never been appealling to me. Oddly, Intuit made a companion app for Quicken 2013 that runs on iOS and Android. Do not know how well that works, but that is more of what I am interested in. Just not sure why they have not integrated Mint and Quicken instead of developing a separate Quicken app. No plans to upgrade my current Quicken client until there is a companion Windows Phone app available.

I use Quicken 2010 and just got a message that the update feature is going to stop working in a few weeks unless I upgrade to Q 2013. This ticked me off so I've been looking for alternatives. Was going to try mint but this news doesn't bode well.

Another big name app that wont come to wp8. And people wonder why the platform isn't catching up. Who the hell is going to switch to WP if no one makes apps for it. People don't say "hey I'll switch to WP and wait for flip board, instagram, mint, (insert bank institute name here) app, etc..." in the end if WP8 fails it'll be the developer's fault. I bet they get paid extra by apple and google so that they won't develop for WP :P

I wouldn't want a third party accessing information about my financial information, either. As much as I want an official Mint app, I don't want 3rd party apps handling such information because there's no telling how they manage the data within their own apps.

Mint.com sucks. They're being complete a$$es about this and could easily release an app. I'm sure they even had one already under development that was supposed to go out on or near the release of WP8. I'm sure other political things are going on here, which is just bushleague. F'em.

From all official communications, it appears they have not seen enough demand (either via news or direct requests) to dedicate resources for app development. I'm a Mint user and am disappointed by this, but I do understand they are trying to focus on services that target the most number of their users. I don't think it's necessarily petty politics, but more of a concerted effort to decide how and where to focus resources.

Unless all of the WP users actually come together and email these companies on a daily or weekly basis, will be the only way to convince them to develop for WP platform. 170 users are just not nearly enough, maybe 1,700.

It's going to need to be more than 1700. If they sell the app for $.99 they would need at least 15K - 20K initial sales or more to make it worth doing. We all need to remeber these companies are in this to make money not give a way free apps. If it is free it's so you upgrade a paid app with more functionality.

Clearly we all need to reexamine the notion that $.99 for a fully functioned app that people want is not sustainable. Developers need to charge realistic prices for good apps and users need to just suck it up and stop this fantasy that they can get any piece of good software they want for less than one dollar!

It refreshes everyday....so its a little delayed from your regular bank account transactions. Buts its a pretty financial app...just wish it would be updated WP8. It could use some of the new features.

100% agree. I would also like to point out that ever since Intuit purchased Mint, The support has went down hill. Would love to switch to something else, but there isn't anything else that it like mint...

Yes, I ran a beta for a bit, but I decided not to publish the app. I'm sorry I didn't add you, but after I decided not to publish, I stopped adding people to the beta.
I really would like to see an official app come out, even though I view my accountevery day through my app :)
If you guys are going to leave a comment on Mint's satisfaction board, feel free to post a link to the screencast:http://screencast.com/t/WbRgWnfB5ESh